Tolerance vs Acceptance

definitions of Tolerance at left:

• the capacity to endure pain or hardship
• indulgence for practices different from or conflicting with one’s own
• the allowable deviation from a standard
• the capacity of a body to endure or become less responsive to a substance or insult, especially with repeated use or exposure
• relative capacity of an organism to grow or thrive when subjected to an unfavorable environmental factor

definitions of Acceptance at right:

• the quality of being able to take or hold
• the act of giving admittance or approval
• the act of regarding something as proper, normal, or inevitable
• the act of recognizing as true
• the act of making a favorable response to
• the act of assuming an obligation to
• the state of being received willingly

Autism Acceptance
because tolerance is not enough